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| Boddie v. Connecticut | |
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| Argued December 8, 1969 Reargued November 17, 1970 Decided March 2, 1971 | |
| Full case name | Boddie, et al. v. Connecticut, et al. |
| Citations | 401 U.S. 371 (more) 91 S. Ct. 780; 28 L. Ed. 2d 113; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 73 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 286 F. Supp. 968 (D. Conn. 1968) (reversed) |
| Holding | |
| Due process prohibits a state from denying, solely because of inability to pay, access to its courts to individuals who sought judicial dissolution of their marriages. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Harlan, joined by Burger, Stewart, Marshall, White, Blackmun |
| Concurrence | Douglas |
| Concurrence | Brennan |
| Dissent | Black |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Amend. XIV | |
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Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971), was a case before the United States Supreme Court.